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Okemo Mountain


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Okemo Snow Totals
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Okemo Key Knowledge: Okemo's reputation for snowmaking is deserved. This place is the go-to for many families in New England, especially those making the 3-hour drive from Boston, and it has a lot of incentive to be open early and stay open late. The expansive snow-making operation makes that possible.
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Core Strengths

Okemo
Snow Volume
52.9
Overall
49.1
Snow Quality
33.0
Overall
Overall PAF Score

Overall
Rank

138

Rank in
Region

11

Rank in
State

8

This resort is often compared with:

Pico Mountain
Sugarbush
Stowe
Okemo Snow Quality Across Full Winter
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Okemo Snowfall Last 10 Days (inches)

Powder
Forecast

Powder Forecast
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True Snow: 167" per year
Snow Quality Rank

170

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Dump Potential Rank

91

Okemo Mountain is ranked No. 91 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Historical Powder Odds
Daily Lottery

% of days with more than 6" of snow

6.9%

Extended Stay

% of months with more than 90" of snow

1.1%

Drought Threat

% of months with less than 30" of snow

55.9%

*Special thanks to Tony Crocker and Bestsnow.net.

Dump Potential Rank

91

Okemo Mountain is ranked No. 91 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Snow
Quality
Rank

170

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Total Snow Score

This score accounts for total snow quantity, its moisture content, the resort's latitude, elevation, and its slope aspects, which affect total snow preservation.

Comparables

Okemo Mountain

Trail Breakdown

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Vertical Drop

2200 ft

3344 ft
Base Elevation: 1144 ft

Slope Aspects

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A Few Words On The Snow

If you're waiting for a powder day at Okemo Mountain, then you might have a long wait. Only 6.9% of winter days see more than 6 inches of snowfall, which means, on average, you'll have to spend 10 days or more mining the slopes at Okemo Mountain to score that one great day. It could be worse, however. You could be muskie fishing.

Skiing at Okemo Mountain is about getting outside, ripping up the slope, eating chili dogs and getting in as much vertical as you can. It's not about big dumps. And that's okay. This place is about honing your skills for that trip to Snowbird or Alaska. With only 1.1% of months at Okemo Mountain getting more than 90 inches of snow, this isn't the place to set up your powderhound shack.

Drought Potential

The snow at Okemo Mountain can disappear often enough that you may want to pack extra snow beads when taking a trip here. A good number of months, 55.9% to be exact, see less than 30 inches of snow. If you're banking on snow and you're boarding a plane for a week at Okemo Mountain, you should temper your expectations. This is a place where winter drought can grab hold of the weather pattern for long periods, as 55.9% of the winter months here see less than 30 inches of snow.

Getting to Okemo Mountain, if you're flying in

Driving from the Albany, NY airport can cost a traveler more two hours when driving conditions aren't ideal, so its definitely time that you have to budget into your trip, as the 117-minute drive is often enough to keep skiers from getting snow time on their last day in town.